ML: Navigating the Regulatory State (Donadio)
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills: Evaluating legal advice beyond personal expertise.
Grading
40% Participation,
50% Exam,
10% Other (Periodic In-Class Assessments)
Exam
Essay,
Take Home,
Partial Open Book (Students may only use materials assigned in the course or referenced during class, excluding AI resources.)
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. I will make these recordings routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
Meeting Times/Location
R 5:30PM - 8:15PM
Gittis Hall 2
Category
Masters in Law
Credits
3.0
This course, which is designed for non-law students, will examine the fundamentals of administrative law. Administrative agencies formulate rules and regulations that dramatically impact American life. Are these agencies a practical necessity in today’s complex world or are they an increasingly inappropriate delegation of decision-making? Students will develop an opinion on this question -- an opinion that will be informed by a detailed examination of the purpose of administrative agencies, the ways in which these agencies are created and structured, the processes they follow when they act, and the political and judicial controls to which they are subjected. By the end of the term, students will also be better able to recognize potential issues and evaluate related legal advice offered in their profession.
To achieve those objectives, we will study and seek to come to fresh conclusions about case law, academic and practitioner insights, and current events using Socratic dialogue, group discussion, and lecture.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.
Textbooks
"The Regulatory State" by Lisa Schultz Bressman, Edward L. Rubin, Kevin M. Stack |